POLITICAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TURKISH ECONOMY: STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE

Yıl 2005, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2, 15 - 27, 01.06.2005

Murat Aslan

Öz

The objective of this essay is to survey some of the structural problems and their connection with the government policies and the bureaucracy. This essay emphasizes the fundamentals of the social, cultural and political dynamics and their associations with the current structural problems in Turkey. Our focus on these social, cultural, and political accounts will be analyzed in line with the historical developments while particular attention is given to last three decades.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Turkish economy, financial crisis, institutional problems

Political Economic Analysis of Turkish Economy: Structural Problems and the Role of the State

Öz

Bu sorunların devlet politikaları ve bürokratik yapı ile olan ilişkisi üzerine analitik bir gözlem yapmaktır. Türkiyenin sosyal, kültürel ve politik dinamiklerinin ülkedeki yapısal sorunlar ile olan ilişkisi ve devletin bu dinamikler ile etkileşimi ortaya konulmaya çalışılacaktır. Bu çalışmada ülkenin belirtilen sorunları tarihsel bir cercevede incelenecek olmakla birlikte, yakın tarihe daha büyük bir önem verilecektir

Anahtar Kelimeler

Türkiye ekonomisi, finansal krizler, kurumsal sorunları

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